Friday, August 18, 2006

Welcome to Marietta!

Hello, all. The fam and I are in lovely Marietta, Ohio for a quickie vacation before school begins. We are here with my in-laws, which isn't as bad as it sounds. We had a long day of driving and dinner and swimming after getting here. Tomorrow I will hopefully awe and inspire you with my photos and stories of the endangered animals we see. Cheers, everyone!

Hope it stays cool and murky and doesn't rain on you at The Wilds. Watch for Henslow's sparrows, Savannah sparrows, grasshopper sparrows, meadowlarks and bobolinks. May you add some life birds and see a sable antelope on the same day!

Click on this link when you are having a bad day and need a giggle

A Glossary for newcomers to the blog:

"Embrace your Inner Sheep": You'll just have to read back a ways for the explanation of that one.

FTS (Also known as F*** the Swainsons): When you just cannot, under any circumstances, get out and look at another bird today. That's it. I don't care what it is. F*** the Swainsons!

The Flock: A group of women (and a few men thrown in for good measure) who met here in Cyberspace and now travel together to birding festivals. We are unique in this because birders don't usually travel in "packs".

Learning Lemur: (See Science Chimp)

RAPTOR: A Cincinnati-based rehab center for birds of prey (also where I work)

Science Chimp: A term coined by Julie Zickefoose. Meaning anyone who sees something nature-oriented (whether it be scat or bones or the scene of a predator strike) and MUST figure out the circumstances. There is much grunting and "eep-eep-eeping" involved in a full-on Science Chimp display. Someone who is learning the art of Chimping can be called a "Learning Lemur".

"Squeee!": This is a noise you make when something is so cute or perfect, no other word will do.

"What? Lynne has herpes?": What your blogger heard and said during a quiet moment at an owl prowl when someone said that Lynne (Hasty Brook) has groupies.